Arrive in Hobart (flights to arrive prior to 3pm). Check in to your hotel opposite Constitution Dock. Enjoy free time to stroll the Derwent River or the docks, then join your Travel Director and group for a welcome dinner featuring Tasmanian produce.

Hobart city tour: Mt. Nelson Lookout, Cascade Brewery photo stop, Battery Point, and the Royal Botanical Gardens (MAKE TRAVEL MATTER). Later, explore Salamanca Market’s food stalls, historic warehouses, galleries, and Tasmanian arts and crafts. Evening at leisure.

Travel via Mt. Field National Park to see Russell Falls, then to Lake St. Clair. Continue through Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Queenstown to Strahan on Macquarie Harbour. Dinner at View 42 Restaurant and Bar.

Gordon River cruise with a Local Specialist: visit Sarah Island’s penal colony, learn about Huon pine, and see Hells Gates. Continue to Cradle Mountain for an alpine forest stay; relax with local tastings, wilderness boardwalks, or the on-site gallery.

Explore Cradle Mountain National Park: visit Waldheim Chalet, then walk the boardwalk along Dove Lake beneath Cradle Mountain. Look for Bennett’s wallabies, echidnas, and pademelons. Optional Tasmanian devil experience or dusk wildlife spotting.

Visit Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden (MAKE TRAVEL MATTER). Stop in Penguin, then Mount Gnomon Farm for orchard cider and a paddock-to-plate lunch. Continue via Sheffield’s murals to Launceston.

Tastings at the Tasmanian Gourmet Sauce Company, then award-winning wines at Josef Chromy Wines. Explore Cataract Gorge. Afternoon at leisure in Launceston.

Tour Bridestowe Lavender Estate with a Local Specialist; learn about single-flower honey and oil distilling and, in season, stroll the lavender fields. See the Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees; lunch in St Helens. Continue to Bicheno for Little Penguins viewing.

Four-hour Freycinet Peninsula cruise with lunch: Coles Bay, sea caves, Schouten Island, and Wineglass Bay (MAKE TRAVEL MATTER). Watch for sea eagles, dolphins, fur seals, and migrating whales. Walk at Cape Tourville, then drive via Swansea and Triabunna to your hotel with views to Maria Island.

Travel south along the Derwent River for a palawa host’s bush-tucker experience. In Richmond, see the convict-built bridge and gaol and Old Hobart Town model village. Stay at Iron Creek Bay Farm; pick fruit, join a farm walk, and enjoy dinner featuring local produce.

Cross Eaglehawk Neck to the Tasman Peninsula for a Port Arthur visit with a Local Specialist: harbour cruise around the Isle of the Dead and a guided walk through the prison ruins. Return via Pirate’s Bay Lookout, Tasman’s Arch, Devils Kitchen, and the Blowhole to Hobart.

Free day in Hobart. Optional Bruny Island wilderness cruise (MAKE TRAVEL MATTER) visiting sea caves and the ‘Breathing Rock’ with wildlife spotting, or visit the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Farewell dinner in Hobart.

After breakfast, transfer to Hobart Airport; tour ends.